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</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">The W8 have one message and one voice: Universal access to free health and education is the most effective way to reach the Millennium Development Goals</div></div></div><ul class="links inline"><li class="translation_es first last"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/es/multimedia/video/2010-las-mujeres-del-w8-tienen-una-mision" title="Las mujeres del W8 tienen una misión" class="translation-link">Español</a></li>
</ul>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 12:35:41 +0000Elena Cornellana2879 at https://www.oxfam.orgEurope must step up to its global responsibility and play its part in rescuing the Millennium Development Goalshttps://www.oxfam.org/en/pressroom/pressreleases/2010-03-23/europe-must-step-its-global-responsibility-and-play-its-part
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p class="strong">A group of powerful women from the front-line in the fight against poverty have appealed to European leaders to ensure health and education for all people by rescuing the Millennium Development Goals.</p>
<p>Testifying at the European Parliament today, the &lsquo;W8&rsquo; &ndash; a group brought together by Oxfam from Mali, Georgia, Thailand, Nicaragua, The Philippines, Bangladesh, Malawi and India &ndash; backed Oxfam&rsquo;s call for Europe to adopt a &ldquo;rescue package&rdquo; to get the <strong>MDGs </strong>back on track.</p>
<p>The <strong>MDGs</strong>, signed by world leaders in 2000, commit to halving the number of people living in extreme poverty by 2015. With development aid faltering, the ability of poor countries to meet poverty goals is increasingly at risk.</p>
<h3>Unmet commitments</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/64/665">In a report</a> to the UN general assembly this month, UN Secretary-General <strong>Ban Ki-moon said progress on the MDGs was being stymied by unmet commitments</strong>, inadequate resources and a lack of focus and accountability. This comes in the wake of a warning by the European Commission that Europe&rsquo;s international credibility was being undermined by Member States&rsquo; failure to stick to aid commitments; now &euro;13 billion ($17.6 billion) short of 2010 targets.</p>
<p>Oxfam spokesperson Elise Ford said: &ldquo;With the MDGs teetering on the edge of failure, <strong>Europe can play a key role in rescuing the goals</strong> and at the same time salvaging its own international reputation. Without a European rescue package which includes a new credible plan to meet aid commitments, citizens in the poorest countries won&rsquo;t get the most basic education and health care, and European leaders will not be able to hold their head high on the global stage.&rdquo;</p>
<h3>Only five years left</h3>
<p>Responding to the W8&rsquo;s call for an MDGs rescue plan, <strong>former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said</strong>: &ldquo;With only five years to go, the need for concerted action to achieve the MDGs is becoming increasingly urgent. Last year&rsquo;s global economic crisis has further aggravated the situation for billions of poor people around the globe. It is both timely and necessary to remind leaders of the promises they have made and the crucial necessity of their continuing commitment.&rdquo;</p>
<p><strong>Leonor Magtolis Briones of Social Watch Philippines said</strong>: &ldquo;We have traveled to Brussels to appeal to European leaders not to abandon their promises to support health and education in developing countries. We see the desperate human cost of lack of basic services first-hand. A dramatic focus of political will and ambition and concrete actions plans are needed.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;If Europe agrees a strategy to achieve the MDGs, and world leaders to back it at the UN MDGs Summit in New York in September, 2010 could go down in history as the turning point in the fight against poverty.&rdquo;</p>
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<p><strong>Photos from the </strong><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oxfam/sets/72157623565550799/show/"><strong>W8 testimony </strong></a><strong>at the MDG Hearing event in European Parliament</strong></p>
<p><a href="/en/campaigns/health-education/w8"><strong>The W8 &ndash; Eight extraordinary women, one unique voice</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="/en/campaigns/health-education/big-promise"><strong>Take action: Join the Big Promise</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="/en/campaigns/health-education"><strong>Oxfam's Health and Education campaign</strong></a></p>
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<li>To reach its 2010 aid target of 0.56% of <acronym title="Gross National Income">GNI</acronym>, the <acronym title="European Union">EU</acronym> would need to increase the current €49 billion to €70 billion this year.</li>
<li>Interview opportunities with Oxfam spokespeople and the W8 in French, English and Spanish:
<ul><li><strong>Miranda Akhvlediani</strong>: Healthcare Ombudsman and Legal Advisor for the Welfare Foundation, an <acronym title="Non-governmental organization">NGO</acronym> that uses research and advocacy to improve the lives of the poor in Georgia.</li>
<li><strong>Rokeya Kabir</strong>: Convener of the Amar Odhikar/My Rights campaign in Bangladesh, a national platform that puts pressure on the government to ensure primary education for all. She is also the Executive Director of a national organization that works to establish equal rights for women and was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by the Global Women’s Movement in 2005.</li>
<li><strong>Kadiatou Baby Maiga</strong>: President of ‘Education Pour Tous’, a coalition of more than 45 civil society organisations in Mali working towards education for all.</li>
<li><strong>Jiraporn Limpananont</strong>: a member of Free Trade Agreement Watch (FTAW), a coalition working to protect poor people from the negative impacts of bilateral and regional trade agreements. With her professional background in pharmacy, she provides the coalition with knowledge about how intellectual property rules affect the prices and affordability of medicines.</li>
<li><strong>Leonor Magtolis Briones</strong>: Former national treasurer of The Philippines, co-convenor of Social Watch Philippines, co-coordinator of Social Watch Asia, and member of the International Coordinating Committee of the Global network of Social Watch.</li>
<li><strong>Elba Rivera Urbina</strong>: Works for the Nicaraguan Campaign for Education, part of the global ‘Big Read’, which aims to double education spending in Nicaragua to 7% of the national budget.</li>
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<li class="translation_fr last"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/fr/salle-de-presse/communiques/2010-03-23/objectifs-du-millenaire-pour-le-developpement-lue-doit-se" title="Objectifs du millénaire pour le développement: l’UE doit se montrer à la hauteur de ses responsabilités internationales" class="translation-link">Français</a></li>
</ul>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 10:06:25 +0000filip1682 at https://www.oxfam.orgW8 - Eight extraordinary women, one unique voicehttps://www.oxfam.org/en/multimedia/video/2009-w8-eight-extraordinary-women-one-unique-voice
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</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">This year, eight women from around the world will join together to fight for health and education in their own countries.</div></div></div><ul class="links inline"><li class="translation_fr first"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/fr/multimedia/video/2009-le-w8-huit-femmes-extraordinaires-une-seule-voix" title="Le W8: Huit femmes extraordinaires, une seule voix" class="translation-link">Français</a></li>
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</ul>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:37:06 +0000Ian McClelland2854 at https://www.oxfam.org